N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 306.38

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Ed 306.38 - Family and Consumer Science Education Program

(a) Pursuant to Ed.306.26 and Ed. 306.27, the local school board shall require that a family and consumer science education program be provided in each middle school.

(b) The middle school program shall provide planned learning strategies and opportunities to prepare independent, educated consumers that are literate in life skills that provide:

(1) Students with teaching and instructional practice that:

a. Prepare students for college, career and citizenship;

b. Promote optimal nutrition education that supports district wellness policies;

c. Use critical and creative thinking skills to promote problem solving in diverse family, community and work environments;

d. Demonstrate creative thinking, constructs knowledge, and develops innovative products and processes using technology;

e. Use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions;

f. Supports literacy in math, language arts and science; and

g. Manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse global society;

(2) Experiences that support students' 21^st century learning, including, but not limited to:

a. Collecting, analyzing, organizing, and presenting information;

b. Decision making and problem solving;

c. Self-management;

d. Communication and conflict resolution; and

e. Technological literacy; and

(3) Experiences which develop students' knowledge and skills in:

a. Managing foods and nutrition;

b. Consumer financial literacy; and

c. Human growth and development;

(c) The local school board shall require that a family and consumer science education program be provided in each high school.

(d) The program in each high school shall provide planned learning strategies and opportunities that:

(1) Enable students to develop an awareness of career opportunities and to function as leaders in family, community, and work settings;

(2) Provide students with knowledge and experience in the following areas of:

a. Foods and nutrition;

b. Human growth and development;

c. Consumer and resource management; and

d. Textiles and design.

(e) Each district shall establish and provide a comprehensive, sequentially designed, family and consumer science curriculum that will meet the minimum standards for college and career readiness and that provide for continued growth in all content areas consistent with RSA 193-C:3,III.

(f) For family and consumer science programs, schools shall provide for the ongoing, authentic assessment of student learning outcomes through multiple formative and summative assessment instruments that are aligned with the state and district content and performance standards.

(g) Examples of such assessment shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) Teacher observations of student performance;

(2) Competency-based or performance based assessments;

(3) The use of real-life relevant tasks, laboratories, simulations, and community involvement;

(4) Common assessments developed locally; and

(5) Project evaluation rubrics used to evaluate family and consumer science competencies applied to integrated curriculum assignments, extended learning opportunities, and out of school learning environments.

(h) Family and consumer sciences programs shall report the academic performance of all students on a regular basis by providing the following:

(1) A summary of individual student performance to parents at least 4 times per course; and

(2) The opportunity for parents to meet individually with their students' teachers about their student's performance at least once during each school year.

(i) For the family and consumer science programs at each grade level, schools shall demonstrate how school and student assessment data are used to evaluate, develop, and improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 306.38

Amended by Volume XXXIV Number 16, Filed April 17, 2014, Proposed by #10556, Effective 3/27/2014, Expires3/27/2024.

The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 35, Number 27, eff.6/29/2015 is not yet available.

The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 36, Number 06, eff.1/8/2016 is not yet available.